India is the fifth-largest apple producer in the world with more than 2 MT per year. Mechanical damage such as bruises of apples ( Malus domestica Borkh.), which can result in considerable wastage and decline in quality, is a major problem of the apple industry. On-site investigations of apple orchard management strategies to reduce bruises in Northern India were conducted by the first author in collaboration with the Universi...

The aim of the present study was to identify sweet cherry varieties and growing regions that are resilient to climate change as well as strategies for mitigating the effects of climate change on sweet cherry production in a Northern European location (Meckenheim, Germany) and a Southern European location (Naoussa, Imathia, Greece). Sweet cherry was chosen for this study as it is sensitive to reduced chill accumulation (i.e., f...